Friday, March 04, 2005

Military women in West Virginia getting touchy

After the Lyndie England affair, I guess the women of West Virginia want to be extra-careful about their image. After some female veterans objected to the new statue honoring women veterans, the project has been scrapped. The problem? The woman depicted in the statue was muscular and not "feminine enough."

"It's a beautiful piece of art. It's just not what West Virginia veterans think of when they think of women in the military," said the Air Force veteran who chaired the Veteran Affairs committee.